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OUR DAILY BREAD Saturday, December 25, 1993
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Read: Galatians 4:1-7
IT'S A FACT!
When the fullness of the time had come,
God sent forth His Son, born of a woman.
--Galatians 4:4
I was a child when I first heard that December 25 may not be the
actual date of our Savior's birth. I remember wondering how we
could really celebrate His birthday if we don't know the day He
was born. As time went on, however, I came to realize that the
precise date is not the important thing. It's the fact of the
incarnation that counts.
"When the fullness of the time had come" -- whether December 25,
January 6, April 20, or whatever the date -- the Savior was born.
That's what is so meaningful to us. No one who is willing to
consider the evidence can deny the truth that "the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14).
Yes, God's Son really did enter this world at a certain point in
human history. There's no question about it. He did come! He
did live! He did die! He did arise from the dead! The exact
date is incidental, but the fact that He came to earth means
everything, for "the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that
which was lost" (Luke 19:10).
How fitting, then, that we pause at this season to praise God for
the marvelous gift of His love! Let's thank Him today that there
was born "a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11). It's a
fact!
Author: Richard W. De Haan
Long ago a Child came down
To a little sleepy town,
And upon that Christmas morn
Christ the heavenly King was born.
--Freeman
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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Christ was born on earth below that we might be born from heaven
above.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 John, 3 John, Jude
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